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Look! I agree with you guys that wearing the camera if you choose IS your right, and DOES NOT make you a criminal.
Good luck finding 12 of me to be on your jury.
THAT is my point.
I remember a poem from the Boater's Guide published in Oregon in the 70's. Regarding who has right of way, and who wins conflict, the guide had the following poem, to make a point:
"Here lies the body of Mike O'Day,
Who died maintaining his right of way,
His right was clear, his will was strong,
But he is just as dead as if he had been wrong".
Have you ever tried a criminal or civil case, or read of any case where an aspect to show intent was the fact that one party had a continually recorded video such as we're discussing?
And we're presumably not talking about terrorists filming their terror attacks, or violent mobs or agitators filming to agitate, or crimes committed on live feeds by deranged people.
We're talking about normal everyday law abiding people choosing to carry an added layer of camera security...
Can you articulate how that would be interpreted as intent? Intent to do what, exactly? Intent to legally defend himself? I'm not understanding...
And one step further, how would that "intent" not also be transferred to the act of literally carrying a deadly weapon...? In other words, if you can't defend against the associated "intent to commit a crime b/c you carried a camera," then good luck when it comes to defending as to why you carry a firearm...
Kinda like that Toyota salesgirl on tv.. it's really the only way she can wear a red dress otherwise it shows "bad" intent. Genius!Okay, here's an angle you can take - and MAYBE make some money off of with the whole body cam angle... you're now a Vlogger. If you have a Google account, you have a YouTube channel. You can upload the footage - edited or raw - to YouTube. Get enough views & you can get "monetized" and make some coin off your daily like. NOW if you happen to have an incident and the camera is called to question - you can say you're normally wearing it for your YouTube Channel and it happened to catch the incident.
its just easier to stay out of those situations
Police do not have their bodycams on unless they intend to confront somebody. Nobody films anything unless they plan to have something to film. A camera must be turned on, a gun can simply be carried.Nobody has articulated any manner in which it shows intent, so I'm not sure how it's been "argued."
I'll repeat a statement which has not been address: if someone cannot articulate the reason for having a non-lethal and lawful video recording device, they're gonna have a pretty hard time justifying why they are carrying a firearm. It is far easier to justify the former than the latter, which can take the life of another.
Nobody has articulated any manner in which it shows intent, so I'm not sure how it's been "argued."
I'll repeat a statement which has not been address: if someone cannot articulate the reason for having a non-lethal and lawful video recording device, they're gonna have a pretty hard time justifying why they are carrying a firearm. It is far easier to justify the former than the latter, which can take the life of another.
I disagree and that has NEVER been my experience and I've tried a lot of cases and practiced in front of maybe a dozen judges. I'll add quite obviously I've probably read many thousands of cases in my career. (As it applies to an act such as taking otherwise lawful video or photos or similar behavior.)
Why do I have to "justify" carrying a firearm? And to whom exactly?